WEBVTT ALOOK AT THIS DEADLY DANGER THAT COULD LURK IN YOUR HOME.>> IT IS A DEADLY DANGER AND THAT STATISTIC WILL GET A LOT OFPEOPLE'S ATTENTION.IF YOU LOOK UP, ANYBODY THAT IS WATCHING US LOOK AT YOUR CEILING, CHANCES ARE YOU WILL SEE ONE OF THESE AFTER SMOKE DETECTOR, WE HAVE THEM IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR HALLWAYS.FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE AFTERSMOKE DETECTOR YOU CAN GET ONE OF THESE.THIS COULD SAVE LIVES.WE TALK TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE KANSAS STATE EXTENSION AT K STATE OF ENGINEERING.HE'S WORKING WITH EPA REGION SEVEN BASEED IN LENEXA TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THESE TEST KITS.THEY RANGE FROM $3-15 DOLLARS AND YOU WILL KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.>> FOR $5 TO $15 FOR A SINGLE SHORT-TERM TEST KIT TO -- THAT'SI THINK A REAL GOOD INVESTMENT TO TRY TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO A LUNG CANCER>> YOU CAN GET IT TESTED EVERY 2-5 YEARS.AND RADON GAS IS ODORLESS, TASTELESS, COLORLESS, SO YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S THERE UNLESS YOUGET ONE OF THESE TEST KITS.ON KMBC.COM WE HAVE A FEW LINKS FOR YOU.IN MISSOURI YOU CAN GET TEST KITS FOR FREE.IN KANSAS, K STATE SELLS THEM.YOU CAN BUY THEM THERE.ALSO THE EPA HAS MORE INFORMATION ON RADON, THE DANGERS AND HOW YOU CAN KEEP

For less than the cost of a smoke detector, homeowners can get a radon detection kit and know if the potentially deadly gas is in a house.

Experts estimate that 21,000 people die every year from lung cancer caused by radon.

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"For $5 to $15 for a single short term test kit, (it’s) a real good investment to reduce the potential that you might be exposed to lung cancer,” said Bruce Snead, director of the engineering extension at Kansas State.

Results are available in two to five days.

Snead said homes should get tested every two to five years.

Radon gas is odorless, colorless and tasteless. The only way to know if it's in your home is to test for it.